Showing posts with label hay' s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hay' s. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

haze, hays

Haze or haze means dust or vapor causing a mist or fog, literally or figuratively--
There's a haze in the lobby, but I don't smell smoke.
He's in a haze; he was out late last night.

Hays or hays ( rhymes with haze ) is the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of "hay", meaning to cut and store dried grass for animal fodder--
The farmer hays here in the end of July.
He usually hays enough to feed his cows all year.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"When he hays this field, there is a haze from here to the road."

Note-- "hay's" ( rhymes with haze ) may be a contraction ( short, informal form ) of "hay is", meaning the dried cut grass [ is ]--
The hay's almost gone; we'll have to buy some.
"Hay's" may also be the possessive ( belonging to ) form of "hay", meaning dried cut grass--
He enjoys the hay's scent; he doesn't mind mowing.